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Companies in Hull

Hull is the 53rd biggest place on the UK company register, with 14,113 live companies, or 0.2% of the UK total. 2,045 of those were formed in 2025. 1,129 (8.0%) have a proposal to strike off on file, close to the UK figure of 7.3%. Compared with the UK as a whole, Hull stands out for manufacture of caravans: 17 companies, 23.6 times the national share.

What Hull has more of than the rest of the UK

Each trade's share of Hull companies, compared with its share across the UK.

• Manufacture of caravans (17 companies)23.6×
• Agents involved in the sale of timber and building materials (142 companies)16.1×
• Sea and coastal freight water transport (29 companies)5.2×
• Marine fishing (30 companies)5.1×
• Repair of other equipment (58 companies)3.6×

Biggest trades in Hull

• Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate729
• Buying and selling of own real estate610
• Take-away food shops and mobile food stands401
• Hairdressing and other beauty treatment318
• Management consultancy activities other than financial management315
• Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet304
• Freight transport by road280
• Electrical installation245

Live Hull companies, by year formed

Only companies still live are counted, so older years look smaller. 2026 stops on 1 November 2026.

See every year as a table

Year	Live companies
2012	227
2013	300
2014	324
2015	403
2016	462
2017	455
2018	583
2019	659
2020	626
2021	650
2022	733
2023	921
2024	1,220
2025	2,045
2026	1,864

Oldest active companies in Hull

Funny company names registered in Hull

Nearest in size

• Aberdeen
• Swindon
• Chelmsford
• Solihull
• Swansea
• Altrincham

Town means the post town of the registered address, which isn't always where a company trades. Many companies use an accountant's or formation agent's address. Figures come from Companies House on 1 November 2026.

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